Indie magazine
- 1. Masthead Indie Pop Magazine ¨C The Fly The title of the magazine is clearly and boldly positioned along widely at the top of the magazine, which is clearly prominent to show the title of the magazine. The white colour contrasted against the red background helps the title to stand out, and also shows the main three colours of the front cover: red, white and black. The main focus of the magazine. She is clearly important to this magazine¡¯s issue as it is solely her on the front cover, also without other pictures of other artists. The photo is a medium shot of her and takes up the entire front cover behind text, and also direct mode of address is used with her looking into the camera with an almost blank expression except for her brief smile. Her style fits with the genre of the magazine: indie music. She is dressed in black clothing, and compared to what you would find in rock magazines ¨C her style is subtle. MAIN COVER LINE CENTRAL IMAGE Attracts the audience¡¯s attention with its bright colours: red and white. The name of artist: Sharon Van Etten stands out amongst the rest of the text shown, the only text that is red ¨C shows that she is the main focus of the magazine Feature within magazine Overall, the magazine contains subtle aspects of what you would find in a rock magazine. For example, the style of the artist is subtle and not eccentric like what you would find in a rock magazine.
- 2. Overall mode of address: three members are looking at the camera which is direct mode of address. The colours are not bright, but fit with the genre ¨C it¡¯s addressing an audience that wants to be seen as different. Main image: A featured band within the magazine, which takes up the majority of the page. Issue date, and ¡®contents¡¯ across top of page One member looking away, unlike the other three. Common convention, big page number highlighting main article (of band) The picture is dominant of the page, showing its importance to this magazine¡¯s issue. Highlighted in a separate colour, catches reader¡¯s attention. Another common magazine convention, the magazine¡¯s title and page number at the bottom corner of the page.
- 3. The double page maintains a simplistic monochrome colour scheme. The main photo of the double page spread is an illustration, giving an indie style to the page (despite its simplicity). The use of an illustration rather than a photo of the band is an interesting take, and the designs within the illustration shows an indie style The main image takes up the majority of the page, whereas the text is at the side of the picture. ¡°White Lies¡± album and review. Statistics are highlighted with a different colour from the monochrome colour scheme. This stands out to the reader The page number is located at the bottom right corner of the page, next to ¡®The Fly¡¯ logo.